IRVING,
Texas, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Darling
Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR), today announced that long-time board
member Mary Korby has informed the
board that she plans to retire, effective at the company's 2023
Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Ms. Korby will remain a director
and maintain her committee memberships through the 2023 Annual
Meeting.
Separately, the company also announced that Larry A. Barden, former Chairman of the
Management Committee of Sidley Austin LLP, has been elected to the
board as an independent director, effective immediately; expanding
the total number of directors on the board to 11. Mr. Barden will
serve on the board's Environmental, Social and Governance
Committee.
Ms. Korby joined the Darling Ingredients board in 2014 following
a long and distinguished legal career as a partner at both Weil,
Gotshal & Manges LLP and K&L Gates LLP.
"On behalf of the board of directors, I would like to thank Mary
for her many years of dedicated service," said Randall C. Stuewe, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer. "Mary's significant and meaningful contributions to
Darling Ingredients have helped transform our company. Her
extensive knowledge and experience in international law helped grow
our business and expand our global footprint. We wish Mary all the
best in retirement."
Mr. Barden is a retired partner of Sidley Austin LLP, an
international law firm. He served as Chairman of Sidley's
Management Committee from April 2014
until April 2022 and was a member of
the Executive Committee from 1999 through April 2022. Mr. Barden's principal areas of
practice were mergers and acquisitions, securities/corporate
finance and strategic counseling/corporate governance. He also
serves on the boards of various civic and educational
organizations.
"I want to extend a warm welcome to Larry as he joins our board
of directors," Stuewe said. "We are fortunate to have his deep
breadth of executive management and legal expertise at the board
level, as we continue to execute our global growth strategy."
About Darling Ingredients
Darling Ingredients Inc.
(NYSE: DAR) is the largest publicly traded company turning edible
by-products and food waste into sustainable products and a leading
producer of renewable energy. Recognized as a sustainability
leader, the company operates more than 270 facilities in 17
countries and repurposes approximately 15% of the world's meat
industry waste streams into value-added products, such as green
energy, renewable diesel, collagen, fertilizer, animal proteins and
meals and pet food ingredients. To learn more, visit darlingii.com.
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Darling Ingredients
Contacts
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Investors:
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Suann
Guthrie
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Senior VP, Investor
Relations, Sustainability & Communications
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(469) 214-8202;
suann.guthrie@darlingii.com
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Media:
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Jillian
Fleming
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Director, Global
Communications
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(972) 541-7115;
jillian.fleming@darlingii.com
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